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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 16, 1915. 
Alsike Clover in Maryland. 
For this climate, September is the 
month recommended for clover sowing. 
It naturally occurs to the farmer, what 
variety is best—Alfalfa doesn’t seem to 
have, in printed statements, any advan¬ 
tage in chemieal analysis over Alsike. 
Alsike has a small seed, so much cheaper 
for cost of seed. It is not as particular 
about the preparation of the soil. It 
lasts five years, is fine for pasture or hay, 
and has none of the Crimson clover husk 
balls, for the killing of cattle, so why 
struggle so much for Alfalfa, Crimson, 
Red and other clovers? However, it is 
stated in a southern catalogue that Ja¬ 
pan clover can be seeded with a disk drill 
over poor pasture and even thinly wood¬ 
ed forest for cattle, and that it will 
oust weeds and even the broom grass. I 
should think it would be very easy to 
take a disk drill on moist land in March 
and April and renovate all our pastures. 
I believe that the farmers do not study 
the carefully prepared catalogues of our 
leading seedsmen. Also, a testimonial 
such as one from a farmer who sows 80 
acres of a special wheat, ought to make 
other farmers take a try at this new 
wheat. Of course sometimes we make 
a part failure, this year I find that Hast¬ 
ings Prolific corn has not done as well 
as the old corn of St. Mary’s County, and 
I feel now quite satisfied that I didn’t 
try any more acres of it than I did. I 
think it wise to plant sparingly of new 
varieties until acclimated. However, I 
was delighted with the Longfellow (gold¬ 
en flint) corn. It can be planted after 
wheat harvest and be taken off before 
wheat (with clover for fertilizer) is 
sowed again. elbert wakeman. 
Cause and Cure of Udder Diseases. 
A great many of the common ailments 
of the cow’s udder might be avoided or 
prevented by careful attention and sani¬ 
tation. 
Filth teems with germs, by which term 
we mean organisms so minute that they 
cannot be detected by the human eye, and 
some of them defying the powers of the 
strongest microscope. It is because germs 
cannot be seen, “picked out of wounds 
and thrown away,” as one stockman 
thought possible, or easily understood 
that they fail to receive the attention 
they deserve. One cannot see anything 
upon the fine point with which the doc¬ 
tor scratches the skin of a person’s arm 
when vaccinating him against smallpox ; 
but something is there, as evidenced by 
the big, red, inflamed Vesuvius which 
rises shortly, goes into eruption and 
“burns to beat the band.” Nothing appre¬ 
ciable is seen upon the toy pistol that 
bursts and lacerates Johnnie’s hand on 
Fourth of July. But the poor chap con¬ 
tracts lockjaw (tetanus) from that cause, 
all the same, and does so because the te¬ 
tanus bacillus was introduced into the 
wound, multiplied and formed its terrible 
poison (toxin) in the absence of air and 
oxygen and so attacked the nerves. If 
one but recognizes the ease with which a 
vaccination “pock” is produced and the 
seeming unimportance of the scratch in¬ 
fected by the tetanus bacillus he will the 
more readily understand why cows’ udders 
go wrong. 
Some of the worst germs come from the 
intestines of animals. That is true re¬ 
garding the, bacillus of tetanus, which 
naturally is present in the intestines of 
the healthy horse, while the bacillus re- 
crophorus, which is the cause of all of 
the canker type of sores of animals, is 
found in the intestinal tract of the hog. 
Then, too, there is the coli communis, an¬ 
other fell inhabitant of the intestines, 
which has to do with scours of calves 
and other young animals. 
These germs are the “seeds” of disease. 
One cannot obtain a crop of corn with¬ 
out planting corn seed ; nor can tetanus, 
for example, be produced without en¬ 
trance of its bacilli or seeds. To prevent 
disease, therefore, we must do everything 
possible to keep the seeds of disease away 
from suitable soil for their growth, and 
the soil, in this particular, is the tissue 
of the live animal. The worst forms of 
garget (mammitis) in cows are due to the 
entrance of pus germs (streptococci and 
staphylococci, as they are technically 
called). Cowpox is due to a virus which 
cannot be detected with the microscope. 
It is so minute that it passes through a 
porcelain filter, and that likewise is true 
of the “ultra-microscopic” or “filterable” 
virus of contagious foot-and-mouth dis¬ 
ease, and of hog cholera. But despite the 
minuteness of germs and the undetectable 
character of viruses all of them are 
readily carried to animals. 
The new hired hand may bring germs 
onto the farm. They may be present 
upon his boots, or clothing, or hands. He 
might easily bring in foot-and-mouth dis¬ 
ease, or contagious abortion, or granular 
vaginitis, or contagious mammitis, or 
cowpox. If he has recently milked affect¬ 
ed cow r s or has recently been vaccinated 
against smallpox of man he may be a 
“cowpox carrier” to cattle, for that is one 
of the ways in which the disease is con¬ 
tracted by cattle, and another is direct 
contagion from a smallpox affected per¬ 
son. In like manner any visitor from one 
farm may carry disease germs to another 
farm. The peddler of an alleged hog 
cholera cure may be a fertile source of hog 
cholera, for he visits farms where the dis¬ 
ease exists and then seeks to sell his dope 
to a farmer whose hogs as yet have re¬ 
mained healthy. So, too, farm folk visit¬ 
ing back and forth, when a disease like 
foot-and-mouth disease is prevalent, tend 
to carry the contagion. Every owner of 
live stock should therefore be careful to 
avoid disease, so far as possible, by keep¬ 
ing all strangers out of his stock yards 
and buildings until they are known to be 
from farms where disease does not exist, 
and the clothing of the new hand should 
^ ~n athy cattle 
For Sale- Two Registered Jersey Bull Calves 
5 and 6 months old. Price, $40 each. 
VALLEY FARM, - Freehold, New York 
REGISTERED HOLSTEIN 8ULL CALVES FOR SALE. 3 to 8 
*» months old. Grandsons of Admiral Walker 
Pietertje. E. E. Stevens & Sons, Wilson, N. Y. 
Holstein Service Bulls k ND 0 BI da,” 1 wftVwcordi 
up to 30 lbs. Prices moderate. Write your wants. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. H. V. BUMP, Cambridge, N. Y. 
SW IKrE 
Branford Farms Berkshires 
Headed by the following GREAT BOARS : 
LEE PREMIERS RIVAL 
BRANFORD ARTFUL RIVAL 
LEE PREMIERS’ MASTERPIECE 
HOPEFUL LEE’S SUCCESSOR 
We are now offering bred and open sows— 
Service boars and pigs, both sexes. Buy a 
sow bred to. or a pig by Lee Premier’s Rival, 
the greatest boar we ever owned. Bred, raised 
and owned by Branford Farms. Daughtersof 
his will be bred to Branford Artful Rival, the 
boar who did such good work for A. J. Love- 
joy & Son. Satisfaction guaranteed. Specify 
your desires, and we will endeavor to meet 
them. Visitors always welcome. 
Branford Farms, Groton, Conn. 
Large Berkshires at Highwood. byu° s a to f.a 8 
Hoteware, Spokane, Wash., weighed 975 pounds, under 
two years of age. A yearling boar wo sold Thomas W. 
Lawson, weighed 745 pounds, in breeding condition. 
Young boars and boar pigs of similar breeding for sale at 
reasonable prices. II. C A It. II. IIAItPF.NIUMJ, Dundee, N.V. 
Registered Berkshire Boars and GiltsoruflTeTi 
blo°d lines. Forced to Bell. Write.). I. HERETER, Gettysburg, Pa. 
Buy Your Boar Now 
Between Thanksgiving and Christmas I will he 
besieged by buyers looking for boars fit for imme¬ 
diate service. While 1 probably will be able to satis¬ 
fy their requirements, they will have been picked 
over considerably. Better buy now so that Mr. 
Man will feel at home and have his mind on busi¬ 
ness when the busy season comes. 
It. Y. BUCKLEY", Woodrow Farm, Broad Axe, Pa 
Springbank Berkshires 
Nothing for sale but big March and April PIGS. 
J. E. WATSON, - Marbledale, Conn 
B erKsliire s 
Bargains in boats all ages; sows bred or open. 
Sept. pigs. $10. Best breeding, type and quality. 
H. M. TEK WILL1GER, - Kirkville, N. Y, 
P UREBRED BERKSHIRE PIGS—six weeks 
old—sows. $0; boars, $5. Sow s from last spring’s 
litters. $10. Cloverdale Farm, Charlotte, N. Y. 
For Sale- Berkshire and 0.1. C. Swine 
two to twelve months of age. Good breeding. Ex¬ 
cellent individuals Prices reasonable. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. TARBELL FARMS, SMITHVILLE FLATS, N. V. 
Qorl/chira Dirro - Weaned; registered: 2 year boar, 
Dei KSIlllo nga gentle, sure.$27). Registered Morgan 
stallion, 1300 lb. work mare; sell or exchange. Here¬ 
ford cattle: largest herd in east. Send name for 
special < >et. announcement. Marston Farm. Orford, N H. 
RCP If QHIR Tke long, deep, heavy, bone type. 
DtrUVonliiLO (4,-own for breeders and guaranteed as 
represented. Prices right. A C. HOOPER, Bnznian, Md. 
We Have Told You 
in former issues of The Rural New- 
Yorker about the great young bull, 
King Dollar, yes and shown his pic¬ 
ture, which, although it shows a 
mighty nice calf, by no means flat¬ 
ters him. He is a show bull and with 
a son of the $50,000 bull, King Segis 
Pontiac Alcartra, from a 32-lb. four- 
year-old daughter of Pledge Spofford 
Calamity Paul, features the entire dis¬ 
persion of the Davis & Jones herd. 
About 
a dozen daughters of King Ormsby De 
Kol Ivorudyke together with him make 
a combination that will do you some 
good. He is a show bull and a three- 
fourths brother to the $7,500 bull, 
King Kornd.vke Hengerveld Ormsby, 
being by Sir Korndyke Hengerveld De 
Kol from the 33-lb. cow, Gracie De 
Kol Ormsby. 
The Four Great Days 
of Sale 
also include nearly half of Fay & 
Cloyes herd. This herd is headed by 
a son of King of the Pontiacs and 
their consignment includes several 
daughters of this bull. 
King Pontiac Ambrosia and half a 
dozen of his daughters make up an 
extra fine consignment. This bull is 
a son of King of the Pontiacs. 
Where Can You 
fault such stock? No they are not 
all. By no means, simply typical of 
the stock that is offered. 
There are a splendid lot of A. R. O. 
cows, but animals which have not 
reached the limit of their capacity. 
Daughters of A. R. O. cows with 
excellent records. 
Daughters of some of the breed’s 
best bred and best producing sires. 
Granddaughters of famous sires and 
dams you all know, among them the 
largest record and best transmitting 
animals known to the dairy world. 
In fact, 
Find 
a great cow or sire and if he did not 
originate from some of the herds rep¬ 
resented, the chances are he is strong¬ 
ly bred in the lines that make up 
some of the herds from which the ani¬ 
mals making up these sales are se¬ 
lected. 
A Better 
BUY YOUR FEEDS DIRECT Aoskt 
Millfeeds, Grain, Cottonseed, Gluten. Ask Prices. 
BARTLETT CO., . Jackson, Mich. 
lot of cattle can not be found than in 
some of the herds which will be rep¬ 
resented in these sales, for they have 
contained and still contain many of 
both the past and present World’s 
champions. Think the matter over 
and you will decide that the time and 
Place To Buy Holsteins 
is 
November 15-16, 1915 
Syracuse Sale Pavilion 
Syracuse, N. Y. 
and 
November 17-18, 1915 
Holstein Sale Pavilion 
Earlville, N. Y. 
All animals over 0 months of age 
will be tuberculin tested by state ap¬ 
proved veterinarians. 
Earlville is but 4 2 miles from Syr¬ 
acuse. You cau leave Syracuse in the 
morning, arriving at Earlville in time 
for the sale, returning at night after 
the sale, if you wish. 
Further, we will arrange that pur¬ 
chases from the two sales may be 
shipped in the same carload. 
If you want catalogs of these sales, 
don’t wait until you are too late and 
we have to disappoint you but write 
now. 
Liverpool Sale & Pedigree Co., Inc., 
Sale Manager* 
Liverpool, N. Y. 
S II E E 
RAMBOUILLETS FOB SAlE- c S, h ^; 1 iS w i?™ 
and Ewes bred directly from our own importation 
from Baron von Homeyer. Markham & Puller, Avon, N.Y. 
Pleasant Ridge Stock Farm UMKteJS 
lett, Dorset, Lincoln.Cotswold and Cheviot Rams and 
Ewes ever offered. Also Poland, Duroe and Essex 
sows and boars, all ages. Prices right. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. D. H. TOWNSEND S SON, Interlaken. N. Y. 
Registered Yearling Shropshire Rams 
Also Ewes. Best of breeding. Prices right. 
J. A. LEGERWOOI), . Hall, N. Y. 
Registered Shropshires C hS£ 
and ewes. Good ones 
FRED VAN VLEET, Lodi, N.T. 
I 
F you want to buy the best SHROPSHIRE 
or SOUTHDOWN SHEEP. Send for “book¬ 
let” and prices. NIAGARA STOCK FARM, Lewiston, N Y. 
TOR SALE— 17 Choice young Registered Shropshire 
* Ewes, Ewe lambs, Shropshire. Hampshire and Ox¬ 
ford Rams. Moderate prices. E. J. COLBERT, East Chiiham, N.T. 
Registered Shropshire Rams a ^ s ra ^ (1 la ewe s iam?.s 
for sale. E. E. STEVENS & SONS,Wilson, N.Y. 
SALE-Registered Hampshire Ram «“{ 
cockerels. G. Brundage, Salisbury Mills, N.Y. 
S flLE R -10 Extra G°°d Hampshire Down Ram Lambs 
H. W r . ALLISON, Route No. 1, Mercer, Pa. 
F ifteen thoroughbred registered Shropshire ewes 
for sale. LYMAN REED, West Winfield. N. Y. 
SES 
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FOR SALE—A Very Fine SJTlu* 
lion—weight, 945 lbs. For further particulars write to 
George A. McKeen, Farmington Falls, Me. 
ONE REGISTERED PERChIrON STALLION 
color, grey; weight. 1.700 lbs.: age, 28 months. This 
is a fine show horse and is fit to head a band of good 
mares. ARDMORE FARM. P. 0. Glen Spey. Sullivan Co.. N.Y. 
Highland View Stock Farm 
Our barns are filled with the best Percheron and 
Belgians at the lowest prices. 
0. N. WILSON, Prop., - Kittanning, Pa. 
100 Percheron and Belgian Stallions 
MARES AND HOLSTEIN CATTLE. 
Also SHETLAND PONIES. Free circular. 
A. W. GREEN, - Middlefield, Ohio 
Dogs artel Ferrets 
FERRETS FOR SALE Booklet and price list free. 
JN0. F. MURRAY. New London. 0. 
FERRETS FOR SALE~ ( 'f T f ° en9 
C. D. MURRAY, - R. 2, New London, Ohio 
Porrofc E i t h e r color, large or 
rerrclS lor^7dlC small; mated pairs or dozen 
lots. Choice stock. C. H Keefer 8 Co . Greenwich. Ohio 
9 A AH CCDDCTC FOR SALE. Finestock. II- 
*5UUU rLIvIvC. 1 O lustrated catalog five 
cents. Price list free. 
C. M. SAGKETT, - Dept. R, Ashland, Ohio 
Pnll'm Dnno— The intelligent, kind. Also Blnod- 
UOIIIo “Ups j loun( j s Nelson’s, Grove City, Pa. 
For Sale-Fine Airedale Puppies chMhire,c2iS 
Collie Puppies for Sale 
W. II. OSTKAKDEK 
females 4 months old. $10.00. 
Cooper IMuIiih, N. Y. 
p ilr „.-pedigreed. Price moderate. 
Airedale r ups M . von i j{ ,hr, Media, Pa. 
AirpHalp Tprripr«—^'"ila pups, $10 ea>-h. Excellent 
Aireudie lerners pedigree. Eligible to register. 
J.GUYLESHER, - Northumberland, Pa. 
SWIKTEI 
0 l-C-’s&ChesterWhites 
All ages, from choice prolific stock. Registered 
pigs, $1G per pair. Send for reduced price list. 
VICTOR FARMS, - Bellvale, New York 
QU/IMC — lOO PUREBRED O. I. CVS— All ages. 
On I n C j. d. Shelmidine & Sons, Lorraine,N.Y. 
For Sale-Registered 0.1. C. PIGS 
$G each. Silver Strain Oxford Sheep. Ayrshire 
Cattle. GEO. M. LEWIS, Hornell, New York 
For Sale-Duroc Jerseys and 0.1. C. Pigs _ a mi !l f e e 
males. All from registered sire and dam, from 2 
to 12 weeks. Stockhurst Farm, East Meredith, N X. 
pedigree Chester Whites 8 ^ k f 
Ridgely Manor Farm, . Stone Ridge, N. Y. 
nilQflPC—Nice pigs; $14pair: not akin. Ped. Write 
UUlHIuo SERENO WEEKS, De Graff, Ohio 
S HELDON FARM REGISTERED DUROCS 
Pigs of both sex. Bred sows. Service hoars. 
Best of breeding. C. E. BARNES, Oxford, N.Y. 
FOR PURE BRED TAMW0RTH SWINE 
write or visit WEST VIEW STOCK FARM. JR. 
F. I). No. 1, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 
HERD OF MULE FOOTS—Pigs of all ages- 
BERKSHIRE PIONEER POULTRY YARDS. Berkshire. N. Y- 
I ARGE 
L. RFRI 
Thoroughbred Mule-Foots „ 3 H . stuart. Beacon, n’y. 
F or SALE-DUROC JERSEY RED BOARS 
weighing over 200 lbs. at 5 months old. 
J. H. LEWIS & SONS, - Cadiz, Ohio 
Kinderhook Duroc-Jersey Swine Asso. - ” ® a e d r8 
in the East for registered stock of all ages. Best of 
breeding. Free from disease. Pairs not related. 
Jas. E. van Alstyne, Sec’y, Kinderhook, Columbia (L , N. V. 
